Combined rifle and shotgun



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G. G. BROOKS. COMBINED RIFLE AND SHOTGUN.

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COMBINED RIFLE. AND SHOTGUN.

Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

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No. 441,389. Patented Nov. 25, 1890f jWentar g; mam

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CIIAPIN C. BROOKS, OF HALLOWELL, MAINE.

COMBINED RIFLE AND SHOTGUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,389, dated November25, 1890.

Application filed December 9, 1889. Serial No. 333,118. (No model.)

, citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hallowell, in thecounty of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fire Arms,

- of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to breechloading fire-arms, the primary objectbeing to combine in a single fire-arm the advantages of both a rifle anda shotgun, and to provide certain novel mechanism, as hereinafter fullydescribed, whereby when the device is used as a rifle the shotgun searsare locked against movement.

The invention consists, in a breech-loading fire-arm employing bothrifle and shot barrels, of triggers and mechanism for operating theritle-hammer from either trigger.

The invention further consists in the combination, in a breech-loadingfire-arm, of the tilting barrel and its lever, the latter beingconnected to the barrel by a straight or practically straight link.

The invention further consists in the combination, with the barrels andtheir tiltinglever, of the coupling-link and novel devices for detachingthe said link from the lever.

The invention further consists in the combination, with the hammers ofthe shot-barrels and the tilting lever, of devices for cocking saidhammers when the lever is thrown forward for loading.

The invention further consists in the combination, with the sears of theshot-hammers, of a locking device controlled by a fingerpiece or triggerto prevent the operation of said hammers.

The invention further consists int-he various features of constructionand combina tions of partshereinafter set forth, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of a gun embodying myimprovements, the barrels being cut away for convenience ofillustration. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the stock andside plate removed, showing one of the shot-hammers, its scar, and thesprings for controlling said parts. Fig. 3 is a side elevation withparts removed to show the rifle-hammer and sear and their springattachments, and also to show the stirrup secured to the tilting-lever.Fig. 4 is a detached view of the device for locking the sears of theshot=hammers. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail View of the device fordisconnecting the tilting-lever and its straight link. Fig. 6 is an endview of the shell-ejector in place in the barrel. Fig. 7 is a detailside view of the tilting-lever, showing its disconnecting device. Fig. 8is a detail view of one of the shot-hammers. Fig. 9 is a cross-sectionof the fire-arm, taken on line a a: of Fig. 3.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the stirrup. Fig. 11

is a cross-section on line y 'y of Fig. 2. Fig. 12 is a partiallongitudinal section showing the trigger which fires or releases theriflehammer and right-hand shot-barrel, successively. Fig. 13 is aperspective view of the forked rifle-gear.

The gun is provided with an upper rifiebarrel A and two shot-barrels BB. The trigger-plate consists of the sections a a, secured together attheir forward ends by a pin 1), which also secures pivotally thebarrel-piece, the latter being formed with a depending bracket 0,provided with an elongated slot (Z and fitting within a recess formedbetween the sections of the trigger-plate.

Depending from the rear end of the barrelpiece are parallel brackets ca, between which is pivotally secured the upper end of a straight link0, the other end of which is pivoted detachably within a slot fof thetilting-lever F by means of a slotted pin g, formed with a finger-pieceg, and also by a screw h, which latter contacts with the pin g andprevents its withdrawal except when said pin is turned, so that its slotwill be opposite the head of the screw when the pin may be withdrawn, asclearly shown in Figs. 5 and 7. The tilt-. ing-lever is pivotallysecured upon lugs projecting from the sections of the trigger-plate andentering bearings i of said lever.

G represents a shell-ejector pivotally secured within a suitably-formedrecess j at the rear end of the barrel-piece, and provided with arearwardly inclined projection K, adapted to contact with the beveledface Z of the breech-block, whereby the shell or shells will beautomatically withdrawn from the barrels when the barrel'piece is tiltedby the cures another spring 0, arranged below the hammer-spring l3, andthe forward end of which bears upon the sear D of the riflehammer. Thissear D is formed with trunnions a e which bear in suitable bearings ofthe trigger-plate sections, and said sear is forked at its rear end toadapt it to be operated by either of the triggers E E which latter arearranged in different vertical planes, whereby one trigger is adapted tocontact with one arm of the sear-fork and the other trigger with theother arm thereof. Thus it will be clear that the rifle-hammer may beoperated by either trigger. a

Referring now to the shot-hammers, I will say that I have shown two shotbarrels, two hammers, and a double set of devices for operating thesame; but inasmuch as only a single shot-barrel and hammer may be used,

if desired, and as the mechanism for each of the shot-hammers is thesame, I shall only describe a single set of such mechanism.

The shot-hammer A is secured upon a trunnion a ,projecting from thetrigger-plate sect-ion c',which latter is suitably recessed to containthe shot-hammer mechanism. Said hammer is controlled by a spring 17*,secured at one end to a pivoted inverted-T-shaped arm 0 and at its otherend bent to engage a shoulder 61 of the casing. A second spring 13 isarranged below the spring b to control the sear C of the hammer.

D represents a bell-crank lever, one arm of which is secured within anopening (1 of the hammer, while the other arm projects through anopening in the section a. to be engaged by the hook of a stirrupconnected to the tilting-lever F.

The sear O is supported upon a trunnion g projecting from the casing,and is provided with a notched arm 71 for a purpose hereinafterexplained.

H represents a bifurcated link or stirrup having hooked ends j whichengage the bellcrank levers D of the shot-hammers, whereby when thetilting-lever is thrown forward the shot-hammers will be cocked, thestirrup H operating to pull said hammers to such position as will engagethe same with their sears, which is done by means of the hooks j 7' onthe ends of link H engaging with the bell-crank levers D 011 theshot-hammers A and turning said hammers to a cooked position, when thelink is drawn forward by the tilting-lever, as shown in Fig. 2.

The shot-hammer is operated by the contact of the trigger-tang with thearm h on the sear 0 Then it is desired to use the gun as a rifle, theshot-hammer (or hammers) are locked by the mechanism shown in Fig. i.

-A is a pivoted bail supported within the casing and having the lowerends of its arms cut away to form inclined edges, which are adapted torest upon the arms h of the shotsears to prevent said arms 71 from beingraised by the trigger to turn the sear of the shot-hammer. Thislocking-bail A is controlled by a finger-piece or trigger B the tang bof which throws the bail into or out of position.

\Vhen the barrels are loaded and the locking-bail A is thrown back outof locking position and the front trigger pulled, the riflebarrel willbe first discharged, as the tang of said trigger strikes the sear of therifle-hammer before it strikes the arm of the righthand shot-hammer.Continued pressure upon the trigger will discharge the right-handshotbarrel. The left-hand shot-barrel is dis charged by the reartrigger.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a combined rifle and shotgun, the combination, with arifle-hammer, of a sear having trunnions adapted to bear in suitablebearings in the trigger-plate sections and having forked rear endsarranged to contact with two independent triggers, which latter arearranged in different vertical planes and adapted to be operated byeither one of said triggers, substantially as described.

2. The combination,with the rifle-hammer, of a sear having trunnionsadapted to bear in suitable bearings in the trigger-plate sec tion andprovided with forked arms and two triggers arranged in differentvertical planes and adapted to operate said sear independently,substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a breech-loading fire-arm, of a tilting barreland its lever, the latter being connected to the barrel by a straightlink, which is detachably secured to said tilting-lever, substantiallyas described.

4. The combination, with the tilting-lever and its link, of a removableslotted pin and a screw for detachably securing the link to the lever,substantially as described.

5. The combination with the tilting-lever and the shot-barrel hammers,of a bifurcated link or stirrup engaging projections of said hammers andpivotally connected to said tilting-lever, whereby the hammers arecooked when the lever is thrown forward, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the tilting-lever and the shot-barrel hammers,of a bifurcated link or stirrup attached to said lever and engagingbell-crank levers projecting from said hammers, substantially asdescribed.

7. A barrel-tilting lever F, a bifurcated link IIO H having hooks j jadapted to engage projections D on the shot-barrel hammers A and thehammers A having projections D in combination, for cooking said hammerswhen the tilting-lever is thrown forward.

8. A swinging bail having beveled edges adapted to press on projectionson the shotbarrel sears, a finger-piece for throwing the bail intocontact with the sears, and a pair of shot-barrel sears provided withprojections, in combination, for locking said sears against the actionof their triggers, substantially as set forth.

on by the triggers, and the triggers, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAPIN O. BROOKS. Witnesses:

CHARLES K. TILDEN, LORENZO D. MERCHANT.

